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Posted by atomic.oxygen on March 23, 2007, 8:17 pm
I hope I'm not to far off posting this question on this forum. Some
years ago (10) we purchased 4 or 5 simple photovoltaic light switches
( I think they were made by First Alert). We're down to two
functioning now, and I cannot find these or anything near to them
anywhere (that I've looked!). They were simple plug in the wall then
plug your fixutre in and it cycled with day. My wife and I swear
First Alert took these off the market because they worked all to
well. Now all we see is digital timers etc etc. Anybody have any
leads and these simple devices?
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Posted by Lawrence on March 23, 2007, 8:27 pm
On Mar 23, 7:17 pm, atomic.oxy...@gmail.com wrote:
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> I hope I'm not to far off posting this question on this forum. Some
> years ago (10) we purchased 4 or 5 simple photovoltaic light switches
> ( I think they were made by First Alert). We're down to two
> functioning now, and I cannot find these or anything near to them
> anywhere (that I've looked!). They were simple plug in the wall then
> plug your fixutre in and it cycled with day. My wife and I swear
> First Alert took these off the market because they worked all to
> well. Now all we see is digital timers etc etc. Anybody have any
> leads and these simple devices?
I have not seen anything like that. I have see outside style porch
lights that have this feature though. Maybe they figured there's more
profit to be made in selling you an entire fixture.
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Posted by Norminn on March 23, 2007, 8:39 pm
atomic.oxygen@gmail.com wrote:
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> I hope I'm not to far off posting this question on this forum. Some
> years ago (10) we purchased 4 or 5 simple photovoltaic light switches
> ( I think they were made by First Alert). We're down to two
> functioning now, and I cannot find these or anything near to them
> anywhere (that I've looked!). They were simple plug in the wall then
> plug your fixutre in and it cycled with day. My wife and I swear
> First Alert took these off the market because they worked all to
> well. Now all we see is digital timers etc etc. Anybody have any
> leads and these simple devices?
>
I looked for Intermatic because it is the only brand name I am familiar
with. They make what you describe.
http://intermatic.com/Default.asp?action=prod&pid=182&did=3&cid=58&sid=107
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Posted by nicksanspam on March 24, 2007, 2:25 am
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>atomic.oxygen@gmail.com wrote:
>> I hope I'm not to far off posting this question on this forum. Some
>> years ago (10) we purchased 4 or 5 simple photovoltaic light switches
>> ( I think they were made by First Alert). We're down to two
>> functioning now, and I cannot find these or anything near to them
>> anywhere (that I've looked!). They were simple plug in the wall then
>> plug your fixutre in and it cycled with day. My wife and I swear
>> First Alert took these off the market because they worked all to
>> well. Now all we see is digital timers etc etc. Anybody have any
>> leads and these simple devices?
>>
>I looked for Intermatic because it is the only brand name I am familiar
>with. They make what you describe.
>http://intermatic.com/Default.asp?action=prod&pid=182&did=3&cid=58&sid=107
Does this have any desirable hysteresis? Their K4123C control cycles 1200
watts of HIDs with a 2-minute period with about 6 footcandles of daylight,
esp if some of the light controlled reflects back into the sensor. I'm
thinking of adding a 1K resistor in series with the white wire and 39K
from there to the red wire to stop the cycling, which wears out the HIDs.
Nick
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Posted by nicksanspam on March 26, 2007, 6:59 am
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>>>http://intermatic.com/Default.asp?action=prod&pid=182&did=3&cid=58&sid=107
>>Does this have any desirable hysteresis? Their K4123C control cycles 1200
>>watts of HIDs with a 2-minute period with about 6 footcandles of daylight,
>>esp if some of the light controlled reflects back into the sensor. I'm
>>thinking of adding a 1K resistor in series with the white wire and 39K
>>from there to the red wire to stop the cycling, which wears out the HIDs.
> I've had sensor nite lites and know there are periods of the morning
>and evening that confuse the sensor. So while in there, add a 20
>minute timer and you will eliminate all the triggers but the first one.
Making a minimum 20-minute on-time seems to require more stuff.
I'd like to try 2 resistors first, like this, viewed in a fixed font:
normally-closed thermal relay
-------------------
| / relay o
| / heater |
|---www--- |
| Rd | | Intermatic K4123C
| | |
| | |
| photo --- | The photoconductor has a high dark
| cond. | ~ | | resistance, about 4K ohms at 6 FC.
| --- |
. . . .|. . . . .|. . . . |. . . . .
V Blk | | |Wht |Red
--------- Io| | |
Ic| | |
v | Rf | -----
|---www-------| HID |---
Vs| ----- |
| new |
| resistors |
| w |
Is| w Rs |
| w |
v | |
| |
neutral | |
-------------------------------------------
20 RD=42000!'daylight threshold resistance (ohms)
30 RS=3300'series resistance (ohms)
40 RF=330000!'feedback resistance (ohms)
50 V=277'voltage (volts)
60 IO=V/(RD+RF*RS/(RF+RS))'open-relay current (A)
70 ICS=V/(RS+RF*RD/(RF+RD))'closed-relay series current (A)
80 VCS=ICS*RS'closed-relay series voltage (V)
90 IC=(V-VCS)/RD'closed-relay current (A)
100 HYST=100*(1-(IC/IO)^2)'hysteresis (%)
120 SPOWER=ICS^2*RS'closed-relay series resistor power (W)
130 IRF=(V-VCS)/RF'closed-relay feedback resistor current (A)
140 FPOWER=IRF^2*RF'closed-relay feedback resistor power (W)
150 PRINT RS,RF,HYST,SPOWER,FPOWER
Rs ohms Rf ohms Hyst % Rs watts Rf watts
3300 330000 1.970381 .1539285 .1962148
Nick
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> years ago (10) we purchased 4 or 5 simple photovoltaic light switches
> ( I think they were made by First Alert). We're down to two
> functioning now, and I cannot find these or anything near to them
> anywhere (that I've looked!). They were simple plug in the wall then
> plug your fixutre in and it cycled with day. My wife and I swear
> First Alert took these off the market because they worked all to
> well. Now all we see is digital timers etc etc. Anybody have any
> leads and these simple devices?